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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 7, 2011, 9:06 AM CST for Mississippi County, Arkansas; 11 counties in Tennessee; Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 39 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2011, 9:06 AM CST (15:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2011, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Mississippi County, AR, Pemiscot County, MO, Carroll County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Greenfield, TN | 1 INCH OF SNOW REPORTED IN GREENFIELD. ROADS ARE COVERED WITH SNOW. |
| Feb 7, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Huntingdon, TN | 1 INCH OF SNOW MEASURED ON A SNOW BOARD IN NORTH HUNTINGDON. |
| Feb 7, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Jackson, TN | 2 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED BY MEDIA IN JACKSON. HEAVY SNOW IS STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 7, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Ripley, TN | 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED BY THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. |
| Feb 7, 10:17 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Blytheville, AR | 5 INCHES OF SNOW ESTIMATED BY THE BLYTHEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. |
| Feb 7, 10:19 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Blytheville, AR | 4 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED AT THE BLYTHEVILLE POST OFFICE. |
| Feb 7, 10:25 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Alamo, TN | 2 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED BY THE ALAMO POST OFFICE. |
| Feb 7, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Milan, TN | 1.8 INCHES OF SNOW IN MILAN |
| Feb 7, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Dresden, TN | 2 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN DRESDEN. |
| Feb 7, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 E Union City, TN | 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. SNOW IS STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 7, 10:35 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Union City, TN | 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN UNION CITY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. |
| Feb 7, 11:05 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Huntingdon, TN | 2 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED ON A SNOW BOARD IN NORTH HUNTINGDON. |
| Feb 7, 11:09 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Jackson, TN | 3 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN JACKSON BY WTEMA. |
| Feb 7, 11:10 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 4 N Jackson, TN | 2.3 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN NORTH JACKSON. |
| Feb 7, 11:25 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Kenton, TN | 3 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF KENTON. |
| Feb 7, 11:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Atwood, TN | 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW IN ATWOOD. |
| Feb 7, 11:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Hornbeak, TN | 5 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN HORNBEAK. |
| Feb 7, 11:34 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Medina, TN | SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN MEDINA. |
| Feb 7, 11:34 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Medina, TN | SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN MEDINA. |
| Feb 7, 11:36 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Woodland Mills, TN | 5 INCHES OF SNOW ON GRASSY SURFACES...REPORTED BY WOODLAND MILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT. |
| Feb 7, 11:38 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Paris, TN | 2 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN PARIS. |
| Feb 7, 11:42 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Union City, TN | 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN UNION CITY. ROADS ARE COVERED WITH SNOW. |
| Feb 7, 11:46 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 2 Nne Cloverdale, TN | 6 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN ELBRIDGE. |
| Feb 7, 11:52 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Milan, TN | 4 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN MILAN. |
| Feb 7, 11:58 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Humboldt, TN | 3 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN HUMBOLDT. |
| Feb 7, 11:58 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Medina, TN | 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED AT CITY HALL. |
| Feb 7, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Jackson, TN | 3 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED BY MEDIA IN JACKSON. LIGHT SNOW IS STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 7, 12:05 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 4 N Jackson, TN | 2.8 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN NORTH JACKSON. MEASURED WITH A SNOW BOARD. |
| Feb 7, 12:05 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Huntingdon, TN | 3 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED ON A SNOW BOARD IN NORTH HUNTINGDON. |
| Feb 7, 12:21 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 E Paris, TN | 5 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED 3 MILES EAST OF PARIS. |
| Feb 7, 12:26 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Martin, TN | 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED AT THE MARTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION. SNOW WAS STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 7, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Greenfield, TN | 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN GREENFIELD. |
| Feb 7, 12:46 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Dyersburg, TN | 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN DOWNTOWN DYERSBURG. |
| Feb 7, 1:20 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 6 Ne Jackson, TN | 4 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED NORTH OF JACKSON. |
| Feb 7, 1:20 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Dyersburg, TN | 4.25 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED IN DYERSBURG. |
| Feb 7, 1:31 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 3 E Paris, TN | 6 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED 3 MILES EAST OF PARIS. |
| Feb 7, 1:39 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | 1 Se Medina, TN | VISIBILITY WAS DOWN TO ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. |
| Feb 7, 2:58 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Trenton, TN | |
| Feb 7, 3:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | Paris, TN | MEASURED NEAR HIGHWAY 79 ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF PARIS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
665 WWUS44 KMEG 071506 WSWMEG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 906 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH TODAY. AREAS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR WILL SEE LIGHT ACCUMULATION WITH MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WELL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...WHICH WOULD LIKELY FREEZE ANY RESIDUAL MOISTURE ON UNTREATED ROADS. TNZ001>004-019>021-080000- /O.UPG.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMEG.WS.W.0004.110207T1506Z-110208T0000Z/ LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON 906 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MOZ115-080000- /O.UPG.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110207T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMEG.WS.W.0004.110207T1506Z-110208T0000Z/ PEMISCOT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CARUTHERSVILLE 906 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-MOZ113-072100- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110207T2100Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-DUNKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...KENNETT 906 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO THREE INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ARZ036-048-049-058-MSZ001-007-TNZ048>055-088>090-080000- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-TUNICA-LAUDERDALE- TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY- FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...HELENA... SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...COVINGTON...JACKSON... LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS... MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR 906 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS AS SNOW RATES ALLOW FOR SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AND TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLH
3 follow-up statements
221 WWUS44 KMEG 071647 WSWMEG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1047 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH TODAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS AND MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. AREAS FURTHER SOUTH WILL SEE LIGHER SNOWFALL. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WELL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON ANY SNOW COVERED AND UNTREATED ROADS. ARZ008-017-071800- /O.CAN.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110207T2100Z/ RANDOLPH-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WALNUT RIDGE 1047 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS TAPERED TO FLURRIES AND THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ENDED. $$ ARZ049-058-MSZ007-071800- /O.CAN.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ LEE AR-PHILLIPS-TUNICA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HELENA...TUNICA 1047 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS TAPERED TO FLURRIES AND THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ENDED.. $$ TNZ048-050>052-080000- /O.UPG.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMEG.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ LAUDERDALE-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 1047 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ARZ028-080000- /O.UPG.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110207T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KMEG.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ MISSISSIPPI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLYTHEVILLE 1047 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MOZ115-TNZ001>004-019>021-080000- /O.CON.KMEG.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ PEMISCOT-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARUTHERSVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON 1047 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ARZ009-018-026-027-035-MOZ113-072100- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110207T2100Z/ CLAY-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-CROSS-DUNKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG... WYNNE...KENNETT 1047 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO THREE INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ARZ036-048-MSZ001-TNZ049-053>055-088>090-080000- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-DESOTO-TIPTON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR- SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...COVINGTON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE... BOLIVAR 1047 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS AS SNOW RATES ALLOW FOR SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AND TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLH
727 WWUS44 KMEG 071851 WSWMEG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1251 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE... .THE STORM SYSTEM THAT IS BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO ACCUMULATING SNOW LATER TODAY ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP WELL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON ANY SNOW COVERED AND UNTREATED ROADS. ARZ028-MOZ115-TNZ048-050-072000- /O.CAN.KMEG.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ MISSISSIPPI-PEMISCOT-LAUDERDALE-HAYWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...CARUTHERSVILLE 1251 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS SNOW AND SLUSH ON ROADS REFREEZE AS TEMPERATURES DROP WELL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT. $$ ARZ009-018-026-027-035-MOZ113-072000- /O.CAN.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110207T2100Z/ CLAY-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-CROSS-DUNKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG... WYNNE...KENNETT 1251 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS SNOW AND SLUSH ON ROADS REFREEZE AS TEMPERATURES DROP WELL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT. $$ ARZ036-048-MSZ001-TNZ049-088>090-072000- /O.CAN.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-DESOTO-TIPTON-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN... COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR 1251 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT IN AREAS WHERE SNOW COVERS THE ROADS AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING THIS EVENING AND REFREEZING OCCURS. $$ TNZ001>004-019>021-051-052-072100- /O.EXT.KMEG.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110207T2100Z/ LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-CROCKETT-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...JACKSON 1251 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES AND EVENTUALLY ENDING. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ053>055-072100- /O.EXT.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110207T2100Z/ CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LEXINGTON 1251 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES AND EVENTUALLY ENDING. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLH
853 WWUS44 KMEG 072103 WSWMEG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 303 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE MID SOUTH... .THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE AREA HAS MOVED NORTHEAST. THIS HAS BROUGHT AN END TO THE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. TNZ001>004-019>021-051-052-072215- /O.EXP.KMEG.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110207T2100Z/ LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-CROCKETT-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...JACKSON 303 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ TNZ053>055-072215- /O.EXP.KMEG.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110207T2100Z/ CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LEXINGTON 303 PM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ JLH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 7, 5:08 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 5:08 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
508 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 445 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011/
PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS REMAINS WINTRY WEATHER POTENTIAL FROM
TWO SYSTEMS... ONE CURRENTLY UNFOLDING AND THE OTHER DUE TO ARRIVE
MIDWEEK.
AT DISCUSSION TIME...GOES WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED AN UPPER
LEVEL TROF AXIS MOVING EAST THROUGH THE PLAINS...WITH A LEADING
SHORTWAVE LIFTING INTO AR. THIS LATTER FEATURE APPEARED RATHER
VIGOROUS...WITH A NEARLY CLOSED CIRCULATION OVER AR AND A
BAROCLINIC LEAF DEVELOPING OVER WEST TN/NORTH MS. SURFACE TEMPS AT
4 AM WERE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS ALL THE MIDSOUTH... RANGING FROM
THE MID 30S OVER NORTHEAST AR TO THE LOWER 40S OVER NORTHEAST MS.
COLDER AIR WAS GRADUALLY SPREADING SOUTHWARD OFF THE OZARK
PLATEAU... WITH WEST PLAINS COMING IN AT FREEZING. RAIN WAS MIXING
WITH WET SNOW AT CORNING AND NEWPORT AR.
FREEZING TEMPS WILL GRADUALLY WORK SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING...
LIKELY GETTING CLOSE TO THE I40 CORRIDOR...BUT HAVING LIMITED
SUCCESS FURTHER SOUTH UNTIL THE PRECIP ENDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
WITH SNOW OCCURRING OR IMMINENT... DECIDED TO KEEP THE ONGOING
ADVISORY EVEN THOUGH MOST AREAS ALONG I40 AND POINTS SOUTH WILL
ONLY SEE SNOW ACCUMULATE IN GRASSY AREAS. AREAS NORTH OF A JONESBORO
TO DYERSBURG TO PARIS LINE MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING TWO
INCHES BY MID AFTERNOON IF FREEZING TEMPS ARRIVE ON SCHEDULE.
TUESDAY SHOULD SEE COLD ADVECTION SUFFICIENT TO KEEP TEMPS WELL
BELOW NORMAL UNDER A FAIR AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE. TUESDAY MORNING/S
COMMUTE MAY AFFECTED BY PATCHY SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS FROM THE
OVERNIGHT REFREEZING OF MELTED SNOW.
ATTENTION TURNS TOWARD THE MIDWEEK SYSTEM. ECMWF AND GFS MODELS
REMAIN IN POOR AGREEMENT BUT REMARKABLY CONSISTENT RUN TO RUN IN
THEIR RESPECTIVE SOLUTIONS. THE 00Z ECMWF REMAINS THE MOST
AGGRESSIVE WITH RESPECT TO SNOWFALL POTENTIAL...DROPPING A STRONG
NORTHWEST FLOW SHORTWAVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY
WEDNESDAY...THEN LIFTING THE FEATURE EAST ACROSS THE LOWER MS
RIVER VALLEY. THIS SOLUTION TAPS BOTH THE ENTRENCHED ARCTIC AIR
AND LOW/MIDLEVEL GULF MOISTURE TO CREATE ACCUMULATING SNOW OF
SEVERAL INCHES OVER THE MIDSOUTH. THE 00Z GFS REMAINS SIGNIFICANTLY
WEAKER WITH THE SHORTWAVE...SHEARING THE FEATURE OUT AND GIVING
THE MIDSOUTH A DUSTING OF SNOW AT MOST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE 00Z
CANADIAN GEM MODEL WAS ROUGHLY A MIXTURE OF THE ECMWF AND GFS...
STRONGER THAN THE GFS BUT TAKING THE SHORTWAVE ON A MORE SOUTHERLY
TRACK THAN THE ECMWF...ALONG THE GULF COAST.
SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS FORECASTS... HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE ECMWF.
AMONGST THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS...IT HAS SHOWN THE MOST
CONSISTENCY. IT MUST BE MENTIONED THAT THE THE DISPARITY BETWEEN
THE MODELS LEADS TO LOWER FORECAST CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE MIDSOUTH. HOPEFULLY...THE MODELS WILL FIND
BETTER CONSENSUS NOW THAT THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE HAS FINALLY COME
ONSHORE OVER WESTERN CANADA EARLY THIS MORNING.
MILD TEMPS APPEAR IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND...AS LOW AMPLITUDE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
PWB
&&
.AVIATION...
12Z TAF SET
RA WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS MORNING ACROSS THE
CWA. CHANGE OVER HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AT KJBR. EXPECT VSBYS AND
CIGS TO CONTINUE TO DROP AS HEAVIER BANDS OF SN MOVE INTO THE SITE
THROUGH 15Z. KMEM WILL SEE CHANGE OVER TO SN AROUND 15Z...LOWEST VSBYS
AND CIGS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 18Z. KMKL WILL SEE CHANGE OVER TO SN
AROUND 16Z-17Z...LOWEST VSBYS AND CIGS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 19Z.
KTUP SHOULD STAY ALL RAIN. KTUP SEEING A BREAK RIGHT NOW BUT
ANOTHER BATCH OF RA WILL MOVE IN BETWEEN 15Z-19Z. CIGS WILL
GRADUALLY LIFT AS PRECIPITATION LIFTS OUT OF THE AREA. KMEM AND
KTUP WILL LIKELY RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. KJBR MAY
SEE VFR CONDITIONS BUT THEN MVFR CIGS MAY BUILD BACK INTO TAF SITE
AFTER 6Z. KMKL MAY STAY WITH MVFR CIGS THROUGH ENTIRE TAF PERIOD.
LOW CONFIDENCE AFTER 2Z-4Z THUS MADE LITTLE CHANGES TO TAFS AFTER
THAT TIME PERIOD. WINDS WILL TURN AROUND TO THE NW AND SPEEDS WILL
INCREASE TO AROUND 12 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE DURING EVENING HOURS.
KRM
&&
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM 37 22 35 22 / 90 0 10 10
MKL 35 20 33 18 / 90 10 10 0
JBR 32 19 29 17 / 80 0 10 10
TUP 38 25 42 24 / 90 10 0 0
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CLAY-
CRAIGHEAD-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-MISSISSIPPI-POINSETT-
RANDOLPH.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
CRITTENDEN-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-ST. FRANCIS.
MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.
MS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR DESOTO-
TUNICA.
TN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR CARROLL-
CHESTER-CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-
HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-OBION-
SHELBY-TIPTON-WEAKLEY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 3:40 AM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 340 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-081145- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 340 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. ONE INCH SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES NEAR THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND FAR NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. MOST AREAS THAT SEE SNOW WILL EXPERIENCE ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY IN THE GRASSY AREAS. THE SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO WELL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT... FREEZING ANY RESIDUAL MOISTURE ON ROADS AND BRIDGES. MOTORISTS MAY ENCOUNTER ICY SPOTS TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MORNING THURSDAY...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH ARCTIC AIR AND GULF MOISTURE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW REPORTS MAY BE REQUESTED OF SPOTTERS TODAY...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PWB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 7, 5:05 AM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 505 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-072200- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...AMORY...BARTLETT... BATESVILLE...BLYTHEVILLE...BOLIVAR...BOONEVILLE... CARUTHERSVILLE...CLARKSDALE...COLLIERVILLE...CORINTH... COVINGTON...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...FORREST CITY...GERMANTOWN... HARRISBURG...HELENA...HUMBOLDT...HUNTINGDON...IUKA...JACKSON... JONESBORO...KENNETT...LEXINGTON...MARTIN...MEMPHIS...MILAN... MILLINGTON...NEW ALBANY...OLIVE BRANCH...OXFORD...PARAGOULD... PARIS...SAVANNAH...SOMERVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...TUNICA...TUPELO... UNION CITY...WALNUT RIDGE...WEST MEMPHIS...WYNNE 505 AM CST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE MIDSOUTH AROUND MIDWEEK... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL TAP INTO ENTRENCHED ARCTIC AIR AS WELL AS LOW LEVEL GULF MOISTURE... CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER THE MIDSOUTH. ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO FORECAST SPECIFIC SNOWFALL AMOUNTS... IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH WILL EXPERIENCE ACCUMULATING SNOWS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MORNING THURSDAY. KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM SYSTEM. PWB
Local storm report, Feb 7, 7:28 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
728 AM CST MON FEB 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW BLACK ROCK 36.11N 91.11W
02/07/2011 M1.0 INCH LAWRENCE AR CO-OP OBSERVER
1.1 INCH OF SNOW MEASURED ON SNOW BOARD
0700 AM SNOW 2 NE JONESBORO 35.84N 90.66W
02/07/2011 M1.0 INCH CRAIGHEAD AR CO-OP OBSERVER
1 INCH ON SNOW BOARD
&&
MRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 3:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 25 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Tennessee, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in Arkansas, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2011Every winter storm warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.